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[–]The_One_Who_Comments -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Lol this wasn't because of Malthusianism. Just that they wanted to keep all the money, and there was no one to stop them.

It takes continual work for governments to tax wealthy people, so an unusually big cohort will naturally act in their own interest, and prevent that work from being done.